Happy New Year!
Over the next 4 days, we will spend some time in class talking about goal setting and why it's important. If you have made any family (or personal) goals for the New Year, this would be a great time to share those with your child as well.
It is so powerful when school and home can connect!
In Writing Workshop, the kids will be focusing their time on an enumerative piece (ask your first grader what that means!) titled "My Goals for the New Year." We started this writing today and each student chose a few goals that he/she would like to accomplish before the end of 1st grade. We also came up with an academic goal for the entire class...
Our class goal:
By May, every first grader in the frog room will be able to correctly spell the Sitton 40 word list!
(The Sitton 40 come directly from our spelling program and are the same words that we use for assessing sight word knowledge for report cards. The Core Words in the Sitton Spelling program are divided by grade levels. They are the seeds from which this spelling program grows and develops and they are listed in the order of their frequency of use in everyday writing. They provide a foundation for each grade level to begin spelling exploration and are a springboard for the study of hundreds of additional words. The first 30 words are identified as "first grade core words." However, our class will stretch ourselves and will attempt to master the first 40 words!)
Here's how you can help:
* Look for the orange Sitton 40 list in your child's black bag today (Monday.) Post it in a highly visible place at home (fridge, bedroom, desk, etc). Refer to it often!
* Pull the Sitton 40 words off of your child's word ring and make a separate practice ring. Use this new ring to practice reading/spelling the words orally and try writing them individually or in sentences.
*Agree on 5-10 words to focus on each week. Have your child write clap them, snap them, write them in the air, write them with a marker, write them in salt, write them in ketchup, etc...
*Familiarize yourself with the Sitton 40 so you can emphasize each time you see them around you (on TV, billboards, food labels, books, magazines, etc)
* Practice, Practice, Practice! This will be listed on the weekly homework packet in various formats; be sure that your child does not overlook it!
Some Notes:
-We will be taking a practice test tomorrow (Tuesday).
-I will begin highlighting/checking/correcting the Sitton 40 in students' in-class writing beginning next week.
-The final written assessment to see if we've reached our class goal will be in May.
Thank you so much for your support! I can't wait to see our spelling skills improve!
Over the next 4 days, we will spend some time in class talking about goal setting and why it's important. If you have made any family (or personal) goals for the New Year, this would be a great time to share those with your child as well.
It is so powerful when school and home can connect!
In Writing Workshop, the kids will be focusing their time on an enumerative piece (ask your first grader what that means!) titled "My Goals for the New Year." We started this writing today and each student chose a few goals that he/she would like to accomplish before the end of 1st grade. We also came up with an academic goal for the entire class...
Our class goal:
By May, every first grader in the frog room will be able to correctly spell the Sitton 40 word list!
(The Sitton 40 come directly from our spelling program and are the same words that we use for assessing sight word knowledge for report cards. The Core Words in the Sitton Spelling program are divided by grade levels. They are the seeds from which this spelling program grows and develops and they are listed in the order of their frequency of use in everyday writing. They provide a foundation for each grade level to begin spelling exploration and are a springboard for the study of hundreds of additional words. The first 30 words are identified as "first grade core words." However, our class will stretch ourselves and will attempt to master the first 40 words!)
Here's how you can help:
* Look for the orange Sitton 40 list in your child's black bag today (Monday.) Post it in a highly visible place at home (fridge, bedroom, desk, etc). Refer to it often!
* Pull the Sitton 40 words off of your child's word ring and make a separate practice ring. Use this new ring to practice reading/spelling the words orally and try writing them individually or in sentences.
*Agree on 5-10 words to focus on each week. Have your child write clap them, snap them, write them in the air, write them with a marker, write them in salt, write them in ketchup, etc...
*Familiarize yourself with the Sitton 40 so you can emphasize each time you see them around you (on TV, billboards, food labels, books, magazines, etc)
* Practice, Practice, Practice! This will be listed on the weekly homework packet in various formats; be sure that your child does not overlook it!
Some Notes:
-We will be taking a practice test tomorrow (Tuesday).
-I will begin highlighting/checking/correcting the Sitton 40 in students' in-class writing beginning next week.
-The final written assessment to see if we've reached our class goal will be in May.
Thank you so much for your support! I can't wait to see our spelling skills improve!
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